Last week I continued to work on Flea Market Souvenir and finished all the cross stitch,
now I need to sew the linen pieces together and add the specialty stitches.

Last saturday I crocheted this owlhat for my friends 2 months old son

and here is that sweet boy, I finally got the chance to hold him, but they live in Denmark and are visiting Iceland over easter.

I’ve also been stitching The Langsuir, my all time favourite cross stitch project

 Funi, my dog, trying to steal the attention from my stitching.

 Funi and Max escorting my too the door as I was leaving

 And my favourite spot in my kitchen, familyphotos and crochet

We’ve started UFO Tuesday in my Icelandic cross stitch club.
I haven’t been cross stitching much in the last 3-4 years, so I’m enjoying this a lot and finding my self pleasantly surprised when I go through my stash and find some treasure 😉
I managed to find 2 projects in my UFO’s that I could finish quickly.
I finished one yesterday and made good progress in the other one.
Here are some before and after photos:

Pattern: Frappuccino by Little House Needleworks
Fabric: 32 ct. Lakeside Linens – Basketweave
Threads: silk included with the pattern

Pattern: Flea Market Souvenir by Blackbird Designs
Fabric and threads as recommended in the pattern.

 Groovy-ghan finished 🙂
Yarn: Trysil Tuva
Hook: 4.5 mm
Pattern here.

I’ve been working on this solid granny square blanket 
I’m using Kambgarn (which I LOVE) and 4 mm hook.

I’ve been working on this Kría shawl on and off for a few months.
I’m using Einband and 4.5 mm hook

I started this Electric Ripple blanket a couple of weeks ago. I’m using Hayfield Bonus Aran (and I don’t really like this yarn. But it’s not expensive, so I decided to use it anyway) and 5 mm hook.

I made a few dishclothes. More information on my Ravelry page.

My cat Max watches me carefully when I’m crocheting.
He thinks he should get more attention.

My wonderful girls and our dog. A little cuddle before bedtime 🙂

My girls in their costumes for Ash Wednesday this year.
My oldest in a Hanna Montana costume and my youngest as a surgeon 🙂

I´m posting a few photos to show what I’ve been up to since my last entry.

 I finished the doily I blogged about in my last post. 

I still need to block it and I will post another photo when that is done.

I started this babyblanket, more information here.

 I started and finished this Kría shawl, more information here.

When I was shopping for the yarn I used for the Kría,  I found this gorgeous silk and I just couldn’t resist it.

Videonight with my girls and my youngest fell a sleep in my arms.
She’s so big now (7.y.o.) so this doesn’t happen that often anymore.

 and here is my oldest with our cat, that doesn’t like to be held, but he let her held him for a few minutes.

As usual I’ve been crocheting, I just need to crochet, it helps me think and unwind 🙂

I finished these 3 projects last week,

I made these mittens for my daughters last week.
The pattern is from Þóra Heklbók, but I had to change it a little bit since I was not using the suggested yarn or hook size.

Yarn: Lama Uld from Strikkebogen
Hook: 4 mm

Snowflakes from Leisure arts booklet #3152
Pattern # 33
Yarn: Mandarin Heklegarn
Hook: 2 mm

 

Winte’s wreath Doily
Yarn: ONline Filetta
Color #52
Hook: 2 mm

Right now I’m working on 2 projects:

Winter Lace doily from Leisure Arts Booklet #3152

and:

Babette inspired blanket using Léttlopi.

I’m really itching to start a new big crochet project, but I need to find something that I just HAVE TO make.
As soon as I decide what I will be making I will share it with you 🙂

I don’t know if there is anyone following my blog anymore, since I haven’t posted in more than 2 years. I’ve become totally obsessed with crocheting since my last post. I’m thinking of starting my comeback by showing you what I made last year.

My brother got married in July 2012 and my wedding gift for him and his wife was a hexagon blanket, pattern found on Lucy’s blog. The yarn is Kartopu Basak and I used 4 mm hook.

I didn’t get a decent photo of the whole blanket with the border, but here is one with a little preview of it.

For christmas I gave them 2 pillows I made with the leftover yarn from the blanket
One was made with the traditional granny square,

For the other pillow I used 2 different designs for each side.
One side was made using a wool eater tutorial by Sarah London

and for the other side I just made a very common square (also called granny square?)
with a little twist.

I also made another blanket from one of Lucy’s tutorials. At first I was just going to use scrapyarn and stash to make it. But soon I figured out, I just didn’t have enough for it. The yarn is mostly cotton, various brands and it weighs 2 kilos.

Early in the year I was feeling a little blue, and needed some colors the cheer me up. So I made a small blanket I named „Color-therapy“ because bright colors cheer me up. It’s mostly made out of grannies and some square I had laying around the house. The yarn is mostly cotton from various brands.

Late in the summer I found a Icelandic crochet group on Facebook called Handóðir heklarar. And I participated in a CAL there making yet another blanket (ravelry link to pattern) The yarn is cotton from Söstrene Grene and 4 mm hook

I just love these colors 🙂

In the fall I made hats for my daughters for the winter. I used this pattern (ravelry link)
My oldest got a purple one, made from Bulky lopi I handdyed in 2010 using 6.5 mm hook

My younger one got a pink one made from Trysil Iglo with 5.5 mm hook

I made a stash bag, perfect for bigger projectes. Pattern found here.
Yarn is Red Heart Super Saver and 5.5 mm hook.

I also managed to finish one knitting project. Dressy sweater for my youngest. No pattern.
Yarn is plötulopi and needle 4.5 mm and 5 mm

So these are some of my projects from last year. I made a lot more and will share that with you in another post very soon.

And I’d like to know if someone is still visiting my blog, so it would be nice if you left a comment for me 🙂